Life in the Early Middle Ages

Question 1

The picture shows medieval peasants.

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Peasant women worked as hard as men.

Question 2

Which of these people was a member of the clergy in medieval times?

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a bishop

Question 3

Which correctly identifies the connection between peasants and serfs?

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Most peasants were also serfs.

Question 4

Read the excerpt from The Life of a Polish Peasant.Every farmer had first to do his dues at the manor house, whether with his team or on foot. Only then could he work his own land, sowing and reaping at night. No excuse as to pressing needs at home was of any use. If one did not appear as ordered, at once the overseer would come. If he found the wife busy cooking he would throw a pail of water on the fire.On the basis of the excerpt, why would an overseer throw water on a fire?

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He disapproved of the peasants spending time on their own needs.

Question 5

What made a knight most valuable to a lord?

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the knight’s skills as a warrior

Question 6

What were both nobles and knights obligated to do?

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protect those who lived on the manor

Question 7

What was the first step in becoming a knight?

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training as a page

Question 8

In what way were noble ladies and peasant women alike?

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They both cared for children.

Question 9

What brought an end to the system of serf labor?

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Workers were in short supply.

Question 10

A noble lady was required to take on her husband’s responsibilities when

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her husband was away.

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